RE: Proposing a Process for Proposals

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

> I am looking for suggestions, ideas, experienced
> expertise, best practices, etc. for a proposal
> process.  Currently, the company I am with has no
> process(!) and it's a maddening flurry of emails,
> track change documents coupled with the general
> pandemonium that comes with deadlines, too many cooks
> in the kitchen, and only one technical writer.

Actually, you do have a process...you just don't like the one you have. If
it make you feel any better, most proposal processes resemble the same
thing...right Keith?

One of the concepts that many people have problems with in this type of work
is that you will ALWAYS go right to the last minute...not because you don't
have your act together, but because there is always someplace that can be
improved or rewritten. Proposals are adrenaline writing.

All of your solutions are fine, and they are all worthwhile. However, as the
saying goes..."Every boxer walks into the ring with a plan...until the first
punch." 

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
NY: 212-414-6656
Dayton: 732-438-3372
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